Ep. 67: Finneas

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Kicking off Season 5, at 22-years-old, this multi-talented guest has already become a buzzing and sought-after producer, songwriter and artist. Working behind the scenes on numerous hit singles, he has stepped out into the spotlight with his own innovative and ambitious solo project. Born and raised in East Los Angeles, he was homeschooled alongside his younger sister, Billie Eilish. Music was always an important part of their childhood and education and by the age of eleven, his parents had taught him the guitar and piano. He took to writing his own songs and by the time he was a teenager, he was already teaching himself to produce. In 2015 he wrote a song titled “Ocean Eyes” in his bedroom studio. That song became the breakout hit for Billie Eilish, quickly grabbing her a record deal with Interscope and gaining major media buzz. The siblings continued to write and record together for Billie’s solo project, creating her debut EP ‘don’t smile at me’ and No. 1 debut album, ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’. He has also had the opportunity to collaborate with artists including Khalid, Kehlani, Jessie Reyez, Ashe, Olivia O'Brien, Sabrina Claudio, Marian Hill, Bruno Major. Already regarded as a major producer and songwriter to watch, as an artist his anticipated debut EP, ‘Blood Harmony,’ is set to be released this October featuring the first single, “Shelter.” Unafraid to be vulnerable and unfiltered, his songs are rich with pure unadulterated emotion. And The Writer Is… FINNEAS!

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0:00.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
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0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Welcome to Season 5 of And the Writer is with your host Ross Golan.
0:38.8	Before I give my spiel, I want to acknowledge the Music army that listens to this podcast every week.
0:45.0	Since starting this, the And the Writer Is community has literally changed the
0:50.0	history of the music business by helping pass the Music Modernization Act, gotten songwriters
0:55.8	added to album of the year for the grammys, and still is advocating for positive changes
1:01.7	for our industry on a daily basis. So thank you and
1:05.5	Congrats. Now as you know I've written with hundreds of artists and writers over the
1:11.6	years and my favorite part of each session is
1:13.6	the first hour when we catch up about life the industry politics composition
1:18.4	whatever so this is a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write songs, and most importantly, who the people are who write the songs.
1:27.0	I'm producing this with the Great Joe London, Big Deal Music Publishing, and Mega House Music Management. If you want to listen to the songs we
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